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Color Atlas of Hematology - Practical Microscopic and Clinical ...

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Conspicuously large numbers <strong>of</strong> monocytes usually indicate areactive disorder. Only a monotonous predominance <strong>of</strong> monocytessuggests leukemiaabcFig. 30 Reactive monocytosis <strong>and</strong> monocytic leukemia. a Reactive <strong>and</strong> neoplasticmonocytes are morphologically indistinguishable; here two relatively condensedmonocytes in reactive monocytosis are shown. b Whenever monocytes arefound exclusively, a malignant etiology is likely: in this case AML M 5 b according tothe FAB classification (see p. 100). Auer bodies (arrow). c Monocytes <strong>of</strong> differentdegrees <strong>of</strong> maturity, segmented neutrophilic granulocytes (1), <strong>and</strong> a small myeloblast(2) in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML, see p. 107).89

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